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Do you bury your poop in the woods?

Do you bury your poop in the woods?

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Massanutten Mountain, Virginia

Massanutten Mountain, Virginia

Hikers, mountain bikers, hunters, campers, family picnickers, bird watchers, wildflower enthusiasts, and others have been attracted to Massanutten Mountain ever since the forest service obtained the land in the early 1900s. Thanks to volunteers with the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club who completed a multi-year trail construction project on Massanutten Mountain in 2001, there is now [...]

 China's pollution

China’s pollution

Dear EarthTalk: Has China been making any progress reducing its output of global warming gases, and/or in tackling other environmental problems? –Bill W., Saugus, MA Decades of rapid-fire development and lack of government oversight has meant that China now faces some serious environmental challenges. According to research by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, China surpassed [...]

Welcome Home George

Welcome Home George

Hincapie wins championship in Greenville

Hanging on to Hope

Hanging on to Hope

Tree-sit enters fourth day at mountaintop removal site

The Directions They Are A-Changin'

The Directions They Are A-Changin’

Bob Dylan on your GPS?

Coal-Fired Trout

Coal-Fired Trout

Interior Department finds mercury in every fish they test

So Much to Save

So Much to Save

DMB offers free tunes for going green

Wabi Cycles Lightning Fixed-Gear Bike

Wabi Cycles Lightning Fixed-Gear Bike

Single-speed and fixed-gear bikes are painfully en vogue at the present moment. Skinny jeans. Mustaches. U-locks in back pockets. Take a glance in the urban core of almost any American city and within minutes you’re bound to see a hipster mimicking a bike messenger. Now, I am no innocent here. I have been on a [...]

Appalachia Meets Motown

Appalachia Meets Motown

Watch Kentucky songwriter and cellist Ben Sollee perform “How to See The Sun Rise.”

Sweet Singletrack

Sweet Singletrack

Watch video of the Brown Wave, one of the trails that’s turning Sumter’s Long Cane Ranger District into a mountain bike destination.

Rocky Road

Rocky Road

Watch local activist David Ramsey talk about the potential of the Rocky Fork Tract.

RIP RTP?

RIP RTP?

Recreational Trails Program scheduled to expire

Mighty Hermaphrodite: The Caster Semenya Saga

Mighty Hermaphrodite: The Caster Semenya Saga

Caster Semenya, an 18-year-old from South Africa, won the world championships in the 800 meters last week in Berlin. Her time of 1:55.45 was the fifth fastest in world history. Even more impressive is her rags-to-riches story: up until recently, she was an unknown runner from a small, impoverished desert village. For most of her [...]

Forgotten Forests

Forgotten Forests

Our national parks get all the love. You’ve seen the “Save Our Parks” bumper stickers, maybe you’ve even watched the new Ken Burns documentary The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. Certainly, you’ve heard the public outcry over the park service’s $9 billion maintenance backlog. We get it: our national parks are awesome. Let’s fix ‘em [...]

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